Bottle-stopper fastener



(No Model.)

A. I'. PARKHURST. BOTTLE STOPBER PASTBNBR.

Patented June 9 Il l lll/ll f Il.

WI TJV' ESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OrricE..

AMOS FREEMAN PARKHURST, OF KEWANEE, ILLINOIS.

BOTTLE-STOPPER FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,504, dated June 9, 1885.

Application filed February 27, 1885.

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Beit known that I, AMos F. PARKHUsr, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Kewanee, in the county of Henry and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Stopper Fasteners; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to bottle -stopper fasteners; and its object is to provide a simple and improved device of this class which will possess advantages in point of inexpensiveness, durability, ease of operation, and general efiiciency.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view showing my improved fastener in posi- `Around. the neck of the bottle is secured a wire loop or collar, C, bent to form two eyes or loops, c c, disposed one at each side and forming bearings for the yoke which carries the eccentric. This yoke D is preferably formed of a single piece of wire, and comprises two downwardly-extending arms, d d, having their lower ends turned inwardly, as shown at d2, and then turned outwardly and passed through the eyes a c. At the top end of these arms the wire is bent to form an eye or loop, cl3, the latter being connected by a cross-piece, cZ, formed by the central portion of the wire of which the yoke is bent or constructed. l

E designates the eccentric, which consists of a transverse eccentric, e, and a thumbpiece extending therefrom, as shown at e2. The eccentric e is provided with cylindrical (No model.)

ends e3 e, which project through the eyes d3 d3, and bear therein during the operation of the eccentric.

A shoulder, e, is formed by the eccentric at each end, and these shoulders serve to 0bviate or prevent lateral displacement ot' the eccentric in its bearings.

The handle or thumb-piece elz preferably consists of a curved eccentric portion disposed around the center of the transverse eccentric-shaft E, and set in position ina groove or recess, e5, in said eccentric-shaft. This groove retains the thumb-piece eZfronn lateral displacement, and is preferably dovetailed to receive the corresponding portion ot' the thumb-piece, as shown at e6, whereby the attachment of the handle portion to the part e is rmly secured. The handle portion is curved outwardly and downwardly so as to project over the stopper, and this flattened portion projects outwardly to facilitate the engagement by the thumb or fingers in operating the device.

The operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which it appertains.

To fasten the cork or stopper of a bottle, the yoke has simply to be turned in its bearings until the eccentric is brought over the top of the cork or stopper, when, by depressing the handle of the eccentric to the position illustrated in full lines, Fig. 3, the eccentricis caused to iirmly clamp or bind the cork and retain it securely in position.

The device may be 4as readily and conveniently operated to release it from engagement of the cork and permit withdrawal of the latter.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A stopper-fastener comprising the yoke D having loops d3 and arms d pivoted to the neck of the bottle, the eccentric-shaft journ naled in said loops d, and a thumb-piece secured to said eccentric-shaft, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with arms d, pivoted to the neck of the bottle, having loops d3, of the shaft E, the eccentric entirely across the opening in the bottle, and a thumb-piece secured to said shaft for operating the saine, In testimony whereof Iafx my signature in substantially as described. Y presence of two Witnesses.

3. The combination, with the. collar C, sev cured around the neck of the bottle, of the AMOS FREEMAN PARKHURST.

5 yoke D, having loops d3 and arms d pivoted to said collar, the eccentric-shaft journaied in Witnesses: said loops, and a thumb-piece secured to said W'M. LAWSON, eccentric-shaft, substantially as described. EUGENE O. PINNELL. 

